[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45868-45869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of the Secretary; Amended Notice of Meeting

    Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Task Force 
on Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women (PRGLAC) 
scheduled for November 6-7, 2017, in Conference Room C-D, 6001 
Executive Boulevard, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 
20852, which was published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2017, 
82 FR 18305.

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    The agenda for the meetings is listed below:

November 6, 2017--Day 1

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:40 a.m. Introductions
9:15 a.m. Summary and discussion of work products from meeting 1
11:30 a.m. Open Public Presentations
1:15 p.m. Ethical issues surrounding the inclusion of pregnant women 
and lactating women in clinical research (brief presentations followed 
by open discussions)
4:50 p.m. Recap of Day 1, Action Items, Charge to Group
5:00 p.m. End of Day 1

November 7, 2017--Day 2

8:30 a.m. Recap from Day 1, Outline & Goals of Day 2
8:45 a.m. Panel: Inclusion of pregnant women and lactating women in 
research (brief presentations followed by open discussions)
10:45 a.m. Panel: Ethical issues of specific clinical research designs 
(brief presentations followed by open discussions)
1:00 p.m. Panel: Perspectives from industry, research participants, and 
researchers (brief presentations followed by open discussions)
4:30 p.m. Recap of Day 2, Action Items, Charge to Group
5:00 p.m. End of Day 2--ADJOURN Meeting

    Public comments are welcome either by filing written comments and/
or providing oral comments at the meeting. Oral comments from the 
public will be scheduled on November 6, 2017 from approximately 11:30 
a.m.-12:00 noon. Any member of the public interested in presenting oral 
comments on November 6, 2017, should submit a letter of intent, a brief 
description of the organization represented, and the oral presentation 
to Ms. Lisa Kaeser ([email protected]) by 5:00 p.m. on Monday 
October 23, 2017. Written comments to be included at the meeting should 
also be sent to Lisa Kaeser by 5:00 p.m. on Monday October 23, 2017. 
The submitted presentations and any written comments will be formatted 
to be posted on the PRGLAC Web site for the record. Only one 
representative of an organization may be allowed to present oral 
comments. Presentations will be limited to three to five minutes per 
speaker depending on the number of speakers to be accommodated within 
the allotted time. Speakers will be assigned a time to speak in the 
order of the date and time when their request to speak is received. 
Both printed and electronic copies are requested for the record.
    Any changes to the meeting agenda, including tentative times, as 
well as other relevant additional information about the meeting will be 
posted on the Web site for the Task Force on Research Specific to 
Pregnant Women and Lactating Women (PRGLAC) located at: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/advisory/PRGLAC/Pages/index.aspx.

    Dated: September 26, 2017.
Anna Snouffer,
Deputy Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-20994 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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